Ecology and management of alien plant invasions in South African fynbos: Accommodating key complexities in objective decision making

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1595-1604

  Roura Pascual, Núria ^a   Richardson, David M ^a   Krug, Rainer M ^a,b   Brown, Andrew ^c   Chapman, R Arthur ^d   Forsyth, Gregory G ^d   Le Maitre, David C ^d   Robertson, Mark P ^e   Stafford, Louise ^f   Van Wilgen, Brian W ^d   Wannenburgh, Andrew ^g   Wessels, Nigel ^h  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL PARKS   (South Africa)

^d DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^f Nature Conservation City of Cape Town   (South Africa)

^g DEPARTMENT OF WATER AFFAIRS AND FORESTRY   (South Africa)

^h NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP); Biological invasions; Cape Floristic Region; DPSIR (Driving forces Pressure State Impacts Responses) framework; Invasive alien plant species; Prioritization

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMPLEXITY; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; INNOVATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MANAGEMENT; SHRUBLAND; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

INTRACISTERNAL A-PARTICLES;

EID: 67349106777     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.02.029     Document Type: Article

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